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The site for sharing of knowledge of the power of yoga and a personal journal that chronicles my journey of making yoga and wellness a part and parcel of my daily life and a way of living.

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• Back Bends - Circular Rythms to Energize You

  Posted on Thursday July 24th, 2008 at 05:17 in back bends, dhanurasana, energy with backbends, urdhva dhanurasana, yoga, yoga at iyengar institute

  My second class was Wednesday evening. The teacher was familiar from my spring visit. His style is quite relaxed and his Patanjali chanting is amazing, with his resounding and perfectly toned voice. ...

• Show less but do more - Prashant Iyengar

  Posted on Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 at 08:16 in first day back at rimyi, forward bends, good yoga practice, halasana, iyengar center in pune, iyengar yoga institute, parshva uttanasana, yoga, yoga at rimyi

  I arrive in Pune yesterday morning very tired and extremely jet lagged. The direct flight from Frankfurt was great, but an 8 hour layover was something I didn't anticipate being so tiring. I saved the...

• Detachment from Sorrow and Pain - Your children are your best teachers

  Posted on Saturday July 19th, 2008 at 12:26 in childrens are your teachers, detach from emotions and pain, light on life, love your kids, pune india, rimyi, yoga

  For the first time in sometime I had an amazing conversation with my father. Over the years I have learnt so much from him, but today I felt for the first time that I had enlightened him about somethi...

• Yoga for bad knees and back ache - An update

  Posted on Saturday July 19th, 2008 at 00:57 in bks iyengar, guru purnima, lowe back ache, nuvana zarthoshtimanesh, yoga, yoga for back ache, yoga for knees

  This is no epiphany - increase weight, even 10-15 pounds can add you to your backache woes. I have gained about that much in the last 4 months. As my stress mounted, I missed yoga classes , my walking...

• Human Jayanta at RIMYI - A video homage

  Posted on Thursday April 24th, 2008 at 03:45 in advanced yoga, cool yoga tricks, hanuman the yogi, hare krishna, iyengar center in pune, iyengar yoga, lord hanuman, rimyi, yoga, yogi

  Hanuman Chalisa is one of my favorite hyms. The first time I heard it was in Rishikesh at the Parmarth Ashram's evening Aarti on the banks of the ganges by over a 100 kids who study yoga at the guruku...

• Another inspirational yoga video

  Posted on Friday February 15th, 2008 at 00:21 in ashtanga, back pain, bks iyengar, indian food, jim bennitt, physical therapy and yoga, yoga, yoga for everyone

  Well folks my journey with pain continues. It has subsided but not gone. I will be going through additional physical therapy. Its unclear what is wrong with my leg. I just hope its not a disc problem....

• Morning Yoga in bed with Tara Stiles

  Posted on Wednesday February 13th, 2008 at 00:08 in couch, ford, models, morning yoga, muscle, pose, routine, shavasana, spine, stiles, stretch, tara

  As I recover from the sciatica pain and misery, my weekly yoga classes are on hold, here is a video from Tara Stiles, a cute sexy Ford model. I have personally tried this and it has kept my yoga routi...

• Managing pain and suffering in your life

  Posted on Friday February 8th, 2008 at 14:03 in avi rothman hardship, back pain, bks iyengar, de-stress, light on life, music therapy, pain, pain management, physical therapy and yoga, spiritual reflection, stress management, yoga

  Written and adapted by "The Yogi" from various sources including B.K.S. Iyengar’s “Light on Life" We often focus on the past or the future to avoid experiencing the present, because the present ca...

• Running and Yoga

  Posted on Monday January 21st, 2008 at 18:21 in running, yoga

  Runing and Iyengar Yoga. Two years ago I used to walk about 7-10 miles a day and also ran 2-3 miles on tread mill. Running and Walking are great cardio exercises but both these exercises tend to contr...

• How was the massage?

  Posted on Friday January 18th, 2008 at 10:21 in back pain, massage, stretching, yoga

  Jeremy's massage is probably the most intense I have encountered. Its a relaxing massage with a work-out. The stretching is phenomenal. The virasana type leg stretched and the arms stretches really fe...

• Hello World!

  Posted on Saturday January 5th, 2008 at 15:54 in body, diet, healhy, iyengar yoga, mind, soul, spiritual, sprituality, wellness, yoga

  Hello Readers!This is my first posting. Let me tell you about myself. I am a 43 year old male (just turned 43) 6'1 about 200 pounds, 35-36 waist. I am in decent shape today and follow a decent path of...